Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines procrastination as “to put off doing something unpleasant and burdensome until a future time; to postpone habitually.” This is what too many people do when it comes to losing weight and getting healthy. Losing weight certainly seems simple enough on the surface. You just make up your mind and then you do it. At least in theory that’s how it works. In reality, however, it’s so much more difficult and complicated. As I communicate with people about lifestyle change everyday, I constantly hear people making excuses as to why the time is just not right. But getting started is the first step toward reclaiming your health.

People offer so many reasons for putting this off. Over the years, I’ve heard them all. People are constantly waiting for the right time, the perfect motivation or that miraculous infusion of willpower to begin their wellness journey. However, the reality is that there will always be some reason to put it off. Many of you promised yourself that this was THE year that you would finally get healthy, but still you have not yet truly committed. You have found one excuse after another to fuel your procrastination habit. If this sounds like you, my question to you today is this: If not now, when? I say it’s time. What do you say?